CHAPTER 373: 373. SEED EXPERT, EVEN MORE EXPERT IN PARENTING

Look at this kid, he seems more like he’s going to a funeral than a class, with all that sorrow and heaviness.

Chenchen couldn’t help but frown and patiently started talking about his ideal picture where all seven siblings are successful, making their parents the envy of everyone.

Seeing Lian Xi nod repeatedly with a face full of approval and anticipation, the young man snorted, "Since you think so too, then work hard like a good brother. Whether you study well or not, don’t be the only blot on our family’s record!"

"You!" Lian Xi raised his head angrily, looking at his annoying second brother with eyes full of fire: "I definitely won’t give you another chance to mock me! What’s the big deal about studying? I can do that too!"

"Sure, why not? I’m just afraid that with all your effort that doesn’t pay off, you won’t see results and will just worry our parents!" Chenchen smirked, eyes full of sarcasm.

Feeling accused of being a slacker but incredibly filial, Lian Xi got angry and rushed toward his annoying second brother with his little fists.

Unexpectedly, the brat threw a big tantrum, and Chenchen was stunned, just witnessing his own misfortune unfold.

Luckily, Lian Xi was much shorter than him, and fortunately, he remembered not to fight and make the parents sad. Otherwise, Chenchen thought he would end up being really pitiful today.

"Serves you right, with your dark face and harsh words! This is only because Lian Xi remembers to keep up the image of harmonious siblings, not letting obvious scars worry our parents. Otherwise, I bet you’d get a big black eye for sure!" Xinzhi laughed heartily, spreading his hands with a bit of regret. This third brother has such a good temper, even in a fight, why care so much?

A punch down, aimed right at that peacock-like face...

Tut-tut, just thinking about it is really satisfying!

Really, what a pity!

"Get lost, this is clearly your fault! Didn’t you say urging is better than coaxing when dealing with a brat like Lian Xi? Just comforting and encouraging doesn’t have much effect; you have to agitate him a bit appropriately?"

Big brother refused to ruin his good brother image, and after you suggested it, you quickly disappeared.

Now with nobody to play the bad guy, isn’t it up to me, the second brother, to do the job?" Chenchen rolled his eyes at Xinzhi with disdain: "You’d better pray that your bad idea can have some positive effect. Otherwise, I might have to come clean with our third brother!"

"Alright, alright, you’re both soon-to-be college students, and yet you’re still arguing like this? With all that energy, why not figure out how to quickly improve our third brother’s grades?" Lian En frowned, stopping Chenchen and Xinzhi, who seemed ready to argue as soon as they spoke.

Although all three siblings were working hard together, Lian En’s art exhibition was around the corner, and Chenchen’s factory was about to open.

The two brothers were overwhelmed with work, and most of the tutoring duties fell on Xinzhi’s shoulders.

So years later, when Lian Xi finally shed his label as a slacker and successfully made a comeback.

At the banquet celebrating his admission, the young man earnestly thanked his elder sister and brother for their tutoring, and his second brother for his goading and persuasion.

Amidst the laughter, Mr. Lian, who was grinding his teeth in anger, nearly flipped the table to teach his little brother a lesson about the authority of older siblings.

There’s no denying that Chenchen’s words completely unleashed Lian Xi’s tenacity.

Driven by a stubborn refusal to lose, the young man earnestly got up early and stayed up late. He made his summer vacation ten times more serious and hardworking than formal school time.

To not be the weakest among the seven children, even less than little brother Lian Li, the only flaw in his parents’ shining and successful lives, he genuinely put in a lot of effort!

All sense of pride and reserve was tossed to the winds.

Embracing a spirit of not being ashamed to ask, he wanted to understand even the punctuation marks.

Read more, watch more, write more, recite more.

From the release of scores to the receipt of his siblings’ admission letters over the half-month, it was hard to say there was a drastic improvement. At least when looking at the Chinese subject, he no longer felt scalp tingling and repulsion from the bottom of his heart.

His older brother had combined their Chinese textbooks to create a test for him, and he amazingly scored eighty!

To the other study geniuses in the family, this was definitely an underperformance, but for him, it was a truly rare breakthrough.

Not bad, not bad, Lian Xi smiled slightly, it wasn’t in vain that I got up early and stayed up late, losing a solid five pounds of body fat.

Though little, in the end, effort does pay off, doesn’t it?

Keep it up, and sooner or later, I’ll have a high-scoring test paper smashed into that annoying second brother’s face with pride!

The second nephew started learning business from Old Uncle Yang when he was just a little kid, starting with small stalls over holidays, gradually accumulating capital and experience. The little guy endured quite a lot of hardship and received plenty of gossip and rumors for it.

As the big uncle, Liu Shouyi was often anxious and angry, frequently upset by those incessantly gossipy aunts.

Now that both his nephew and niece had been admitted to Qing University, Liu Shouren couldn’t miss this golden opportunity for boasting and shutting up the critics.

Taking advantage of the loudspeaker announcement for people to collect their admission letters, this long-absent broadcast captain cheerfully announced several times: "Lianshan and Liu Shuzhen’s children, Lian Chen and Lian Xinzhi, your admission letters to Qing University in Beijing have arrived, please come to the brigade department to collect them after hearing the broadcast!"

Hearing the broadcast, Shuzhen and Lianshan chuckled, wondering what their big brother was up to.

But Chenchen and Xinzhi immediately understood, and after receiving their letters, they headed to their uncle’s office to give a thumbs up in admiration to their sister-adoring uncle.

They had been happy for many days, only holding back because the letters hadn’t arrived yet, fearing a change that might embarrass their kids, but finally, Lianshan and Shuzhen could let loose and officially prepare for the admission banquet.

Old Yang, the two Liu brothers, Lian Hai, Lian Yue, and others were also busy, eagerly preparing gifts and money for the two newly admitted college students.

The news that the Lian twins had both been admitted to Qing University, a top-tier school consistently ranked among the nation’s top three, quickly spread.

Those who had previously mocked them all shut their mouths and started singing praises and envy.

Hearing that the boy they mocked as an underachiever not only got admitted to Qing University but also set up his own factory.

When others saw this kid achieving both academically and career-wise, they couldn’t find the right words to describe their feelings.

They only thought of consulting with seed expert Lianshan and child-rearing expert Shuzhen.

They didn’t expect their kids to be as impressive as Lian En, Chenchen, and Xinzhi. Nationally top-ranked schools were out of the question, even mediocre schools would do!

A university degree, be it good or bad, is an excellent stepping stone. Even if they return to the village, they could get a decent job, right?